Playing their third game in four nights, and following a cross-country flight to boot, our Pens throttled a very good and rested Kings squad, 5-1. In the process snapping our host’s nine-game home winning streak.
I confess I didn’t watch the game (which is probably why we won). Too late for my aging blood. However, from what I can glean from the box scores, videos and other accounts, our guys played a whale of a game.
We got the jump midway through the first period on a power-play goal by Kevin Hayes. The hulking forward made a dazzling move to walk around Kings d-man Joel Edmundson before beating goalie David Rittich at the post.